Rate of spontaneous hemorrhage in histologically proven cases of pilocytic astrocytoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-226

  White, J Bradley ^a   Piepgras, David G ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhage; Pilocytic astrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELANGIECTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38949087245     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/2/0223     Document Type: Article

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